August 24, 2025
Today’s gospel reading tells of the healing of a crippled woman on the Sabbath (Luke 13:10-17). The “leader of the synagogue” reminded the congregation of the fourth commandment, telling them bluntly, without mincing his words: “there are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the Sabbath day” (13:14). Who makes the rules by which God’s healing grace is set to work in a person’s life? If God be the healer, and if God longs for us to be healed of every-thing (and of any-thing) that afflicts us, then surely God is able to reach out and to heal on any day, and at any time of day, and in any place!
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August 17, 2025
Opening the door to exploring faith – the faith that draws us together in community and the faith we each claim – what is faith? And what part does faith play in our lives? It is a theme that runs through the scriptures assigned for these Sundays after Pentecost. Faith is the theme that stitches the Sunday readings together with often challenging and unsettling words and images from both Old and New Testaments.
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August 10, 2025
Jesus’s parable from Luke 12:32-40 teaches us to be vigilant and prepared, living with faith as we await God’s kingdom.
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August 3, 2025
We are all born of God’s love, but what gets in the way of us experiencing it? In this week’s sermon, we explore how our biological needs for security, power, and affection can dominate our lives and become our idols. We’ll look at the stories of the Israelites, the Colossians, and a man caught in a family feud to see how our attachments to worldly possessions and concerns can blind us to God’s love. We’ll discover that our life is a gift from God, and true wealth is not the accumulation of possessions but in being “rich toward God.” Join me as we consider what it means to be truly free and to set our minds on things above, on Christ.
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